Grand tour Last Friday, I came back with a 4th special of the 4th season titled “Carnage a Trois”. The French-themed episodes are: LochdownAugust 2021, “Large-scale hunting from December last year, and “sailor” is from December 2019. “Sailor” Of the grand tour A new format where tents, audiences, trucks, and stupid time wasted in favor of a special-only format with epic adventures and uninterrupted segmented content. How does “Carnage a Trois” carry in that type?
Before reading further, please note that this article contains spoilers for the episode. You have been warned!
French installments, like “Lochdown” Grand tour It starts with a simple question that the presenter trio is trying to answer over the next hour and five minutes. The question this time is “What happened to the French?” There are a lot of very stereotypical jokes about France and the French people, so queue up pantomimes and baguettes. If you’re over 15 years old, nothing is new or interesting. Viewers can see some shots of James. And Richard pretends to make a catapult for no apparent reason, and Clarkson talks about a rare French law that has nothing to do with cars.
The car part of the light entertainment time starts promising enough, as it appears in the voice purchased by the presenter.Clarkson Citroen CX Safari (wagon), as it used to be Top gear In episodes (S15, E4), he turned one into a camper. Hammond becomes sporty and chooses a three-seater Matram Lena to help a French man with a wife and mistress.May go for Renault Avantime It’s exactly the same color Top gear It became a truck car (S12, E3). With three interesting French cars selected, hosts begin to provide zero details about their car’s age, mileage, price, or condition. In fact, the trio do not see or comment on each other’s choices. It all feels very rushed.
We go straight to the second segment. This is a brief history of a few French cars, with a focus on eccentric and rear design. What is interesting here is what is called a helicase. This is a 1930s look design driven by a front mount propeller. When the other two presenters move to the eccentric Renault and 2CV, Hammond drives it. The 2CV is dropped from the helicopter and destroyed because that’s what it has to do. Around 15 minutes, expectations are rising for more interesting information about French cars. The helicase was very vague and very interesting.
But instead, there are more stereotypes about how French people generally ignore their vehicle’s intended use, cargo capacity, parking methods, practicality, and driving methods. It’s a terrible segment that’s light for entertainment and resistant to meaningless car damage, and that’s it.
“I don’t like taking care of my car [in France]”Clarkson declares. Are you ready for a French accent that pretends to be offensive?
Going forward, there are off-road challenges. Three French family cars have asked to leave the pavement far more than designed. Clarkson has a very attractive Citroen Berlingo, Hammond is in Renault Scénic where he smashed in the previous segment, and May broke the same Peugeot 407 he just slammed the dishwasher into the trunk. I’m driving. By the way, the French did not wash their cars, but invented the rally. In the off-road segment, all three cars have been completely destroyed, intentionally turned over, or similar, and will continue for some time.
At 28 minutes, the host returns to the French car he bought, highlighting interesting and quirky features. I should have heard at a glance the rationale and interesting properties of the car, but in this episode we’ve made the material as thin as possible. After a short driving segment of less than two minutes, we return to the discussion of French law (this time at least with respect to driving). By the way, French people don’t use roundabouts properly. A handy English man standing at a roundabout in Paris happens to be there when Hammond blocks traffic and yells at him obscene words. French people like baguettes and eat big sandwiches.
The team heads to the familiar Millbrook Proving Ground and its Belgian paver, showing that the old CX suspension setup is much softer than the new BMW 5 Series wagon. The above 5 series will be destroyed because it is too coarse to dismantle the bomb, such as in the cargo area. French people hate government intervention and eat a lot of cheese.
Next up are some hot French hatchback pretending rally races.The car is decorated with Top gear A fake sponsored livestock tradition. When the door is open, sponsors say Ass Biscuits, Le Balls, and other mature humor for adults. All hosts choose a hatchback, but it doesn’t matter as the race ends soon due to the snail and wine lunch breaks. At 47 minutes, I start wondering if this episode makes any sense. The race will continue after lunch, but will stop again due to a worker strike on the truck. fun! Eight minutes later, the race was over and the “French employee” in the office drove and Citroen Saxo won the championship.
As Clarkson and Hammond explore the elegance and excellence of the Citroën SM, the tone of the penultimate segment of the show changes. The segments are beautifully shot, scored, and the host gives real information about interesting cars. They declare the SM the best French car ever. It may break down quite a bit, but it’s great to see it.
The conclusion is simple and happens suddenly. Despite all the car quirks and cultural characteristics, it’s not too bad for the French. It may have been a good place to finish, but it can be filled in 9 minutes. It’s time to destroy the Citroen C3 Pluriel because it has a nasty roof arrangement. Enter the white cliffs of Catapult and Dover. C3 jumps over the English Channel and lands at a French house. What are the host’s three cars? I don’t know, they won’t show up again.
The “genocide” is not as bad as the “massive hunt”, but it is approaching.for Special It was an episode of a show that released only a handful of episodes a year, and I rarely recommended it.It was like the history of the Peugeot segment Top gear (S22, E5). But if the work lasted 8 minutes, this would be 9 times longer.It’s more without continuing the adventure Grand tour Episodes from the previous season. One loose story with various clips here and there. It was taken beautifully as usual.
But that segmentation format was what the show was supposed to leave behind.From 12 or 14 episodes a year 2, Adventure and cinematic content promised. That didn’t happen here.And I’m not ignoring the masked COVID elephant in the room: old Top gear I made a lot of great episodes (also an hour) within the UK. Most of this special was incredibly boring.
In a way, I think the trio is struggling for content.If there is no adventure left When The rarely released specials consist of segments that are tied together and we are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. On their side, the host has declared it a new type of special. in May Said, “It’s the first time I’ve done something special like never before, rather than moving from one place to another. We’re just running around to investigate the subject. Great original without noticing. You may have come across the idea of! “
So they made a special.It’s a completely original new idea of the special because it’s in the form of their show (and Top gear Before (before that). splendid.
